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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
86.3% of applications approved
Ranks #199 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
33.0% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #217 of 371 for decisions upheld · national average 32.0% · 379 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£615,750 median sale price
-1.5% year on year · 1,782 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
49.1% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #104 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 51,898 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/2026/1788 | 226 Park Street Lane Park Street St Albans | Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two detached dwellings with garages and associated landscaping and… | Priorapproval | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 5/2026/1784 | Sainsburys Everard Close St Albans, Hertfordshire | ***PRIOR***PP-15232378 | Priorapproval | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 5/2026/1785 | 26 Mobile Home Site Drakes Drive St Albans | Installation of step lift to provide safe access to mobile home | Priorapproval | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 5/2026/1786 | 1 Laurel Road St Albans | Application for a Cross Pavement Channel to allow EV changing | Priorapproval | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 5/2026/1787 | Land Rear Of Units 6 And 7 At Colney Fields Shopping Park Barnet Road London… | ***PRIOR***PP-15265343 | Priorapproval | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 5/2026/1783 | 25 Foxcroft St Albans | Ground floor front extension, together with ground and first floor side and rear extensions to the house. | Priorapproval | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 5/2026/1781 | 19 Saberton Close Redbourn | Demolition of existing conservatory. Construction of single-storey rear extension with mono pitched roof and rooflight | Priorapproval | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 5/2026/1782 | 45 The Park Redbourn | Single storey front infill extension with pitched roof. Garage conversion into habitable accommodation. Velux windows… | Priorapproval | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 5/2026/1780 | 12 Avenue St Nicholas Harpenden | REAR ROOF EXTENSION COMPRISING 3 RELATED DORMERS | Priorapproval | 30 Sept 2026 |
| TP/2026/0502 | Trinity Court Newsom Place Manor Road St Albans, Hertfordshire | T1 - Deodar Cedar - Reduce by 3m height and width. T2 - Deodar Cedar - Remove broken limbs. Remove deadwood greater… | Treeworks | 30 Sept 2026 |
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About this data
We index every application published on St Albans’s planning portal (civica_cxm) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://planningapplications.stalbans.gov.ukNewest application received 1 Oct 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by St Albans, updated several times a day. A free PlanNexus account searches the full archive of 2,269 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type, and includes 1,000 requests a month plus email alerts. PlanNexus is independent of St Albans — we index what the council publishes and add the decisions, approval rates and appeal outcomes the register itself doesn't show. The council's own portal is linked above.
PlanNexus indexes St Albans's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 1 Oct 2026.
86.3% of St Albans's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
33.0% of appeals against St Albans decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.0%, across 379 decided appeals.
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